Categorie: Conferentie

Time management & stress reduction

How can journalists benefit from time management and stress reduction? Is it possible to keep working very long hours without running any health risks? What is the impact of the tense environment journalists have to work in? How to survive in a highly demanding working environment where extreme flexibility and growing number of multitasking skills […]

How to sell Europe?

Dutch bestselling author Geert Mak reaches an audiance of millions with his books and documentaries on Europe. Why is he succesful, while others fail to “sell Europe”? This workshop opens the discussion with our Key-note speaker. NOTE: language will be Dutch. Spreker: Geert Mak Moderator: Ad van Liempt When? Friday November 21st, 02.00 PM Where? […]

How to be creative?

Finding good ideas, is first of all finding a lot of ideas. That brainstorming can be an art, proves Marcus Geers of Inspiralia. This Belgian creativity trainer has lots of experience all over Europe. His workshop handles about techniques for finding creative ideas – yes, they exist – and how to develop a creative climate […]

Cross-border journalism

Cross-border journalism: opportunities or problems? Few journalists collaborate in investigative projects while working in different European member states. Investigative Reporters Network Europe tries to stimulate cross-border projects by organizing concrete cross-border laboratory experiments. In many fields the situation indeed differs from country to country. Is in such a context cross-border collaboration still possible? Is it […]

In bath with Islam

Investigative journalist Patrick Pouw attended orthodox Islam-school form almost a year, and wrote the book Salaam! Janny Groen from de Volkskrant got friendly with radical young Moslim women and wrote Allahs’ Women Warriors (with Annieke Kraneberg). Does going “in Bath wit Islam” lead to succesfull reporting on radicalism? Speakers: Patrick Pouw & Janny Groen Moderator: […]

Wobbing Europe

What is wobbing? Wobbing is a verb, it derives from the name of the Dutch and Flemish laws: Wet Openbaarheid van Bestuur, which means Law about the Openness of the Administration. The volunteer journalists behind the website Wobbing.eu aim to inspire and support journalists to use their right of freedom of information as a journalistic […]

Parliament tour

On Thursday 20 November, there is an exclusive guided tour through the EU Parliament buildings, with a lot of insider information and viewing of otherwise hidden places. The tour is on the afternoon, the day before the conference starts. Opt for the tour as you register for the conference. Dutch: IN HET HOL VAN DE […]

Internationale samenwerking

Internationale samenwerking loont.  Grote mediahuizen doen het steeds vaker, maar ook individuele journalisten. Op deze pagina vind je  meer informatie over dit thema. Het zijn verslagen en handouts van VVOJ-bijeenkomsten over het onderwerp, maar ook tutorials. Tip: Wist je dat de VVOJ een eigen Medialab heeft, met tal van trainingen en video-tutorials over internationale samenwerking van media en […]

Claims en verschoningsrecht

Eric Smit: ‘Beslaglegging verlamt journalistiek’ (22-7-2010; inloggen vereist) Vrijdag 9 juli legde Nina Storms-Vleeschdraager (voorheen Brink), beslag op het bezit, huis en bankrekening van onderzoeksjournalist Eric Smit. Haar actie was het zoveelste deel in de juridische strijd die de zakenvrouw voert tegen Smit sinds hij begin 2008 met het schrijven van een biografie over haar […]